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Appropriate to Colbert’s satire, at this week’s DL, one of the participants utterly lost his cool .. becoming vituperative and obscene. His anger was utterly inappropriate and if the target of this behavior had not acted like an adult (by moving away), we might well have had a bar scene involving police.

This fellow was not one of our rare wingnut visitors but a card carrying progressive. Politics and even personalities aside, may I suggest that we all leave that sort of schoolyard behavior in the threads here?

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I am planning, BTW, to attend the 10-30-10 rally as a friend of mine is having a movie premier at the Smithsonian a few days later. Anyone else who is planning to go might contact me as we may be able to save some dollars on housing.

I see that a second site has O’Donnell’s academic record posted – since 2008 and user verified. Also, that she claims that God is guiding her campaign. God does have some sense, so I can see how she might guiding O’Donnell to a humiliating defeat.

just wanted to give you fellows a caution. if you travel to trinidad there is a serious health violation. i was watching andrew zimern on travel channel, he was eating at a tented eatery where you could put your own toppings on fish sandwiches. the trays that held the toppings DID NOT HAVE GLASS HOODS…WHAT THE FUCK!!!
my god, if that happened here, the board of health would shut them down. anyone know if we can pressure them to conform to our way of eating?

Delaware Republican Senatorial candidate Christine O’Donnell has responded to accusations that she overstated her education in her resume by insisting that a LinkedIn profile erroneously stating she went to Oxford University wasn’t authored with her knowledge.

But now a new website has surfaced listing the same erroneous biographical information. And a website spokesman claims that O’Donnell entered the data herself.

@6You need to find some of the old neocons in the Bush Administration (Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, etc). They were the ones constantly trying to get other countries to do what we told them to, or else.

well, i remember clinton bombing the crapola outta bosnia, obama seems content to occupy afghanastan. so i’m guessing the peeps that bankroll the politicians pretty much call the shots. but, no suprise there. using obama as an example, it always seemed odd to me that billionares like george soros would be content with letting someone like obama, who made maybe a 100k a year as a prof, and just a little more than that as senator, have any real say in world politics. cynical? yes. reality?. probably.

I’ve been yelled at and threatened by wingnuts and one guy tried to provoke me to anger so that he could run and tell the police that I was ‘threatening’ him.

Sometimes people lose their tempers and shit happens. If you are too much of a pussy to deal with it, be you of the left or right, (by calmly standing up for yourself and trying to defuse the situation) — you don’t deserve to call yourself a man.

At times, you have to take your lumps — or deliver them in self defense.

Goldy–
You seemed to have gotten so much pleasure, along with Darryl, about the last Rasmussen Poll on the Senate Race that I thought I would be the first to allow you to pleasure yourself with this new Poll today! Have a Progressive, anything goes pleasure party with your mate Darryl. Enjoy!

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Incumbent Democratic Senator Patty Murray and Republican challenger Dino Rossi are back to a virtual tie in Washington’s race for U.S. Senate.

The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Rossi picking up 48% support, while Murray earns 47% of the vote when leaners are included. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate, and three percent (3%) are undecided.

I would never lose my temper with you KLOWNS.
Why would I?? You are the folks who’s heads are about to explode. On Nov. 2nd, your denial will become reality. But like I said before, ImamObaMao cares much more about his legacy than your assholic agenda. He WANTS R’s to control the House/Senate or both.
You are just too stupid to see it.

Republican Ron Johnson now leads incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold by 12 points in Wisconsin’s race for the U.S. Senate.

The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Johnson picking up 54% support, while Feingold, who is running for his fourth term in the Senate, gets 42% of the vote with leaners included. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate, and two percent (2%) more are undecided.

33 more days until your illusional hubris becomes your ugly reality.
You blew it KLOWNS.
With your anger & crazy ideas.
Rather than be leaders, you proved incapable.
You kept shrieking when you had total control!

HA regulars are an example to America of how loony the left has become.

Hum, an unintended consequence of the warning, we have cyn constrained and concentrated to frantically raving in the free speech zone of an Open Thread.
When you put his rants back to back to back, he does come across like that unshaven guy at the bus stop that smells odd, belligerently muttering at anyone who will make eye contact as they walk by.

@16HA regulars are an example to America of how loony the left has become.

do not lose sight of the following. they are not loons. they have an agenda, and they will say or do anything to attain it. by calling them crazy, you possibly disarm conservatives who figure they probably have nothing to fear from lunatics. they are smart, dangerous and committed. it’s a war, and since the 60’s they’ve been winning.

I saw a news item today that said African fishermen labor in slavery-like conditions on boats that illegally overharvest Atlantic fish. But then, they don’t have effective governments in Africa. If you want to see the sort of government-less paradise that conservatives love you should visit Somalia.

I was thinking of photoshopping a dual image of a young hippie from the sixties (replete with headband and beads) and then on the ‘right’ side of the picture, have the same face (aged) wearing a styrofoam boter with teabags stapled to it.

Tax cuts create jobs. That those jobs are created elsewhere is a bonus, as it means I can eat my unemployed neighbors. Who totally deserve it, ’cause they’re unemployed. If they didn’t want me to eat them, they would get a job. Elsewhere.
Then I could steal their land.
A win win for me and America.

maybe so, but the liberal activists at large know what they’re doing. for example, one way to control a modern country is to control the money supply. the fed controls our money supply. they are an autonomous, non audited (to date) orginization that has successfully propagandized that to question their existance equals conspiratorial lunacy. a very neat trick not easy to pull off. so you see, they are not dumb.

Funny Goldy missed that Times piece on Murray’s earmark spending – especially given how much time Goldy spends posting on it here – when just the other day he was falling all over himself praising Delbene’s ad that criticizes Reichert for his MUCH SMALLER earmark spending.

You could have written that article about any long term member of congress. But, what you and The Times are forgetting is that Murray and the Democrats have tightened up ethics rules on this sort of thing since coming to power.

Bill O’Reilly was rated as having, by far, the greatest positive impact, with 49 percent of respondents rating him positively, and 32 percent negatively.

Glenn Beck was the second most-positively rated personality, with 38 percent of respondents saying he had a positive impact, and 32 percent saying he had a negative impact.

Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was the third-most-positively ranked, with 36 percent saying he has a positive impact on the discourse, but his negatives far outweighed his positives, with 52 percent saying he has a negative impact.

Then on the whacked out other side of the spectrum…

MSNBC’s personalities were largely ranked as unknown by respondents: 70 percent said they had never heard of Ed Schultz, 55 percent said they had never heard of Rachel Maddow and 42 percent said they had never heard of Keith Olbermann.

Yet, who does the professor and mary anne (gilligan humor) place on HA? The unknowns on PMSNBC.

“Among cable news channels, Fox was the clear winner, with 42 percent of respondents saying it is their main source, compared with 30 percent who cited CNN and 12 percent who rely on MSNBC.”

@35You could have written that article about any long term member of congress. But, what you and The Times are forgetting is that Murray and the Democrats have tightened up ethics rules on this sort of thing since coming to power.

michelle, you cannot possibly write the words democrat and ethics in the same sentence with a straight face, can you?

Puddy @ 36
Progressives and leftists get our information from real sources of news (not that MSNBC isn’t a reliable source). You folks on the wingnut right turn to blowhards for your “news” because you seek verification of your views, rather than facts. So, your little popularity contest proves nothing but that wingnuts like to listen to wingnuts.

@38 Progressives and leftists get our information from real sources of news

Ha, ha. Right, sure, like from HA, which will praise Delbene for her ads that skewer Reichert for taking earmarks, then TOTALLY ignore the earmark queen, Patty Murray re:@23.

And you’re sure not going to learn much about the war in Afghanistan on these pages. In fact, one could easily conclude that Goldy is in complete agreement with Reichert on the war since he NEVER has an ill word to say about it.

“It proves that what Americans want to listen to is news and talk from the right.”

Bulllshit. It could also be said that it proves that wingnuts have to receive their daily marching orders from Beck and the other right-wing haters on a daily basis while progressives have far better things to do than listen to the radio or TV’s talking heads. It most definity does not prove anything about “Americans”, left, right or indifferent, other than that very fucking few of them listen or watch any of that shit.

Umm hmm. And the hate speech from Maddow, Schultz and their ilk about conservatives? I mean, according to them Republicans aren’t making principled stands in Congress. They are destroying the economy just to make Obama look bad. They aren’t fighting stupid bills that don’t fix anything in health care except the profit margins of insurance companies. They’re killing 45,000 peop Or is it only hateful if you disagree with it? If it comes from left wing lunatics like Hartmann or Schultz it';s rational hatred?

Umm hmm. And the hate speech from Maddow, Schultz and their ilk about conservatives? I mean, according to them Republicans aren’t making principled stands in Congress. They are destroying the economy just to make Obama look bad. They aren’t fighting stupid bills that don’t fix anything in health care except the profit margins of insurance companies. They’re killing 45,000 peop Or is it only hateful if you disagree with it? If it comes from left wing lunatics like Hartmann or Schultz it';s rational hatred?

@48If it comes from left wing lunatics like Hartmann or Schultz it’;s rational hatred?

of course, don’t you get it?
in 1994 we were angry white men. in 2010 we’re racist teabaggers. they just want to run the country their way. and thats why they don’t want to stop illegal immigration. the more non whites they import, the less political clout you have. you ever see 40 year old white, suburban accountants march on the state house on a tuesday afternoon? on top of that, its the white liberal who try to foster racism with identity politics. they try to scare minorities into thinking republicans want to bring back slavery. i’ll tell you what, if there is a god, those bastards are toast.

lost
“Hate speech” from Rachel Maddow and Ed Schultz? Have you listened to them? Their shows are nothing like the crap and pap that flow from your people. They simply disagree with you. Disagreement does not equate to “hate speech.” You are really off your game again, lost. Your default position seems to be that of an unthinking asshole. Others tried to convince me of that, but I thought you could think. Puddy and you, though, seem to be birds of a feather. Go ahead and believe this is a center-right nation. It’s your party’s fear and lies that rouse the dumbshits, and there are far too many of them in this nation. People who don’t pay any attention at all. I think I’ve given up on you, lost.

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lost would never understand Kierkegaard. As an existentialist, Kierkegaard grasped the value of doubt. lost only knows certainty. Curiously, all the things lost is certain about are wrong. We really should feel sorry for the pitiful dude.

Maddow and Schultz have a deep seated hatred of white people. I feel the sting of discrimination everyday. I am like Jesus at Calvary. Only more vital.
Kittens are just unemployed cats, so I throw them in the river.

“Sniff, Rousseau wrote that… Maddow and Schultz have a deep seated hatred of white people. Sniff, Keirkgaard wrote that…, sniff. Sniff, I feel the sting of discrimination everyday. I am like Jesus at Calvary, sniff, only more vital.
Kittens are just unemployed cats, sniff, so I throw them in the river. Sniff, Camus wrote of kittens, sniff, that they…”

I’ve listened to both Maddow and Schultz. I like to know what and how the other side thinks. I may never agree with them, but then, they won’t with me either.

Most of the pundits on the far left repeat the same tired lines. Republicans are sociopaths. Republicans are intentionally destroying the country for a)personal gain or b) to destroy Obama. Or both. There is of course no possibility that they block the initiatives of Obama because, just maybe, they don’t believe them to be good ideas.

I’ve read Kierkegaard extensively. I’m not, apparently, the erudite philospher you are. But I do enjoy his writings. Just so you know, you are as certain as I am about the things you believe. You just try to cover them in a veneer of false humility.

Who do you think are ‘my people?’ Beck? Don’t listen to him, and think he’s off his meds. Fox News? Don’t own a TV. Limbaugh? 15 years ago he was a right wing commentator with an open and curious mind. Now he’s a blowhard who’s bought his own propaganda.

You know nothing about who influences my thinking, who I read, what I enjoy in art or recreation. So spare me the sanctimonious conclusions about any of these.

Rachel Maddow Is Not Happy Joe Biden Was Nice To George Bush On The Colbert Report

What a buffoon Maddow is.

“Wednesday night, during The Colbert Report’s salute to our troops returning from Iraq, Stephen Colbert asked his guest, Vice President Joe Biden, to comment on the previous administration. Biden looked into the camera and gave a sincere thanks to George W. Bush for consistently honoring our armed forces. Last night on her show, Rachel Maddow called the moment “inexplicable,” “whitewash,” and “weird.”” No Rachel you are weird and your audience is NUTZ!

There is of course no possibility that [Republicans] block the initiatives of Obama because, just maybe, they don’t believe them to be good ideas.

That would be plausible if Republicans hadn’t already argued that most of those ideas were good ideas before Obama became President.

How else does one explain, for example, the Republican opposition to the public option in health care reform? If the private sector can do insurance better than the government can, then surely the public option represents no threat to private insurance.

The real problem is that Republicans want to press policy ideas that the American public won’t buy: privatizing Social Security; severely cutting back, if not totally eliminating, Medicare; the elimination of all forms of welfare; and tax cuts for the wealthy over and above the same tax cuts that the rest of us get.

Republicans can’t even conjure up a cogent economic argument in support of their policies. They’re reduced to some moral argument about people having some right to their hard-earned money–a moral argument that falls flat on its face when we consider the fact that, without government, there would be no such thing as hard-earned money in the first place.

As you yourself have demonstrated time and again in this forum, the conservative rhetorical guns are loaded with nothing but blanks. Unable to win the actual policy debates, they resort to cynical political tactics like the filibuster in the Senate.

So, once again, you’re totally wrong. Liberals have, indeed, considered the notion that Republicans simply don’t agree with Democrats on major policy issues. The problem is, that conclusion isn’t supported by the facts.

By the way, wingnuts, Colbert makes a rather good point. If we are to follow the dictates of Constitutional Originalism, then the word “arms” in the Second Amendment should be restricted to what it meant in the 1790’s, and, therefore, the Second Amendment really only protects the citizens’ right to keep and bear muskets and flint-lock pistols.

Lost sez, “That’s odd. I always thought you could use some basic English in your posts. Or at least you should pay for the Scotch that makes them bearable. One or the other.”

You can pay for your own scotch as you likely need it for a lot more than just reading my comments.

“By the way, how’s the psychiatric practice going.”

I’ve never claimed to be a psychiatrist. I have never claimed to have obtained a degree in psychiatry. I have never claimed to have co-founded a psychiatric clinic. In case you don’t know, there’s a difference between psychology and psychiatry, Lost. Try Google. Better yet, ask your psychiatrist.

Umm hmm. And the hate speech from Maddow, Schultz and their ilk about conservatives?
What you think of hate speech is them simply point out the facts and the hypocrisy of the right. Seems your definition of hate speech is anyone who challenges what you think. Give me a some examples of what Rachael said that you define as hate speech? Other wise you don’t have any facts to back up your claims.

What does Rachael talk about?

Fox News’ parent company gave $1 million to the pro-GOP U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Carl Paladino admits he has no proof to back up his smear on his opponent.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss apologizes for an anti-gay threat posted from an office computer, and says a staffer has been fired
New ‘Super Pacs’ bringing millions into campaigns
Arianna Huffington to the middle class: Obama’s not your guy
GOP for big government in a small uterus
Sharron Angle tries to deny she ever said she wants to privatize the VA hospital system. I wonder what Fox News contributor Dennis Miller will say about that when he campaigns for her?
Jim DeMint vows roadblock

I don’t see the hate speech in what Rachael is saying. I’ve watched her show. It’s calm and reasoned. She doesn’t advocate violence.
Ed gets passionate. I’ll give you that.

By contrast

Beck: The next two years are “most dangerous time in our country’s history” and “the Republic may not survive”
Beck calls NCLR a “nasty, take America and give it to the Mexicans” group (National Council of La Raza (NCLR) – the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States )
Beck: “This is where the Republic ends or it begins again; we are at the end”
Beck: Obama was “sent away” from Indonesia because his mom didn’t want him influenced by “someone who’s not a Marxist”
Beck: After election, “our streets will not be peaceful” due to progressives “agitating”

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Republicans are sociopaths.
Sociopaths = Unconcerned about the adverse consequences for others of one’s actions. Sounds about right.

Republicans are intentionally destroying the country for a)personal gain or b) to destroy Obama. Or both.

I owe everyone an apology. I’ve just realized that in my frustration with basically intelligent folks who believe palpably wrong things blah, blah, blah.
So long as it is my sincere belief that America was formed on sound principles blah, blah, blah.
The Constitutions, state and federal, specify directly, blah, blah, blah. Leviticus. Samuel.

@72By the way, wingnuts, Colbert makes a rather good point. If we are to follow the dictates of Constitutional Originalism, then the word “arms” in the Second Amendment should be restricted to what it meant in the 1790’s, and, therefore, the Second Amendment really only protects the citizens’ right to keep and bear muskets and flint-lock pistols.

and slavery would still be legal, and the first amendmant would apply to the internet. and women couldnt vote. yeah lets go back.

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